CLEVELAND — Thanksgiving may still be a day away, but the kitchen at St. Augustine Hunger Center is already buzzing. Volunteers spent Wednesday preparing hundreds of meals for Cleveland-area residents who may otherwise go without a holiday dinner.

“What’s happening today is the big work,” Jim Mullen, president and CEO of Catholic Charities, said. “Which is the prep work. Getting all those meals together and ready for the folks tomorrow.”

St. Augustine volunteers handed out meals on Wednesday while also preparing for what is expected to be an even larger turnout on Thanksgiving Day.

"We know that folks in Cleveland have been struggling this year,” said volunteer Meaghan Geraghty. “Especially folks who don’t have access to food. So we’re here making sure we can help that problem.”

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